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Baked Fish

This heart-healthy dish can be made with many kinds of fish — to be enjoyed over and over.

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Ingredients

Makes
6
  • 2 lb fish fillets
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • ¼ C fat-free or 1 percent buttermilk
  • 2 drops hot sauce
  • 1 tsp fresh garlic, minced
  • ¼ tsp ground white pepper
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp onion powder
  • ½ C cornflakes, crumbled, or regular bread crumbs
  • 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 fresh lemon, cut in wedges

Ingredients for 6 servings (1.1 kg) · the original recipe

Method

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 475 °F.

    Oven
  2. 2

    Drizzle lemon juice on fish. Then, pat dry.

  3. 3

    Combine milk, hot sauce, and garlic in a mixing bowl.

  4. 4

    Combine white pepper, salt, and onion powder with cornflakes, and spread on a plate.

  5. 5

    Let fillets sit briefly in milk mixture. Remove a fillet, coat on both sides with seasoned crumbs, and let stand briefly until coating sticks to each side of fish. Repeat for all fillets.

  6. 6

    Arrange fillets on a lightly oiled shallow baking dish.

    Oven
  7. 7

    Bake for 20 minutes on middle rack without turning.

    Oven
  8. 8

    Cut into 6 pieces. Serve with fresh lemon.

Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The recipe is in the public domain. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Copied on 2026-11-12.

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